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underplay

/uhn-der-pley, uhn-der-pley/US // ˌʌn dərˈpleɪ, ˈʌn dərˌpleɪ //UK // (ˌʌndəˈpleɪ) //

戏份不足,贬低,戏份过少,戏份不够

Related Words

lessen减轻,减少,减轻了,减低reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小play down贬低,衰减,跌宕起伏,贬低了decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌underestimate低估,低估了,低估计,轻视diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱downplay淡化,轻描淡写,淡化影响,贬低curtail缩减,削减,缩短,缩水mute静音,哑巴,缄默,静默minimize减少soft-pedal软脚板,软式踏板,软踏板,软脚踏soften变得柔和,变得柔软,变得柔和了,变得柔和起来belittle轻视,贬低,蔑视,看轻gloss over敷衍了事,润饰,掩饰,敷衍塞责deemphasize轻描淡写,不强调,轻描淡写地,淡化derogate减损,克减,贬低,减损了dwarf侏儒,矮人,矮子,矮小的人deprecate弃用,废止,废弃的,删减prune修剪,修枝,修理,修整knock敲,敲门,敲门声,敲击

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to act sketchily.
    • : to act subtly and restrainedly.
    • : to understate or de-emphasize; downplay: The ambassador underplayed his role in the peace negotiations.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to leave out of one's acting all subtlety and enriching detail.
    • : to achieve an effect in acting with a minimum of emphasis.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inminimize
Synonyms
curtail缩减,削减,缩短,缩水decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱downplay淡化,轻描淡写,淡化影响,贬低lessen减轻,减少,减轻了,减低play down贬低,衰减,跌宕起伏,贬低了reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小underestimate低估,低估了,低估计,轻视abbreviate缩略语,缩略,简略,缩减attenuate衰减,递减,衰减的,渐进式belittle轻视,贬低,蔑视,看轻cheapen廉价,削价,便宜,便宜化decry问罪,声讨,质询,质问deprecate弃用,废止,废弃的,删减depreciate贬值,贬低,折旧,贬值的derogate减损,克减,贬低,减损了detract减损,减轻,减轻影响,减损了discount折扣,贴现,打折,折价disparage贬低,诋毁,贬损,贬低他人dwarf侏儒,矮人,矮子,矮小的人knock敲,敲门,敲门声,敲击miniaturize微型化,小型化,迷你化,微缩pan平底锅,盘子,盘点,锅pooh-pooh呸呸呸,呸呸呸呸,便便prune修剪,修枝,修理,修整shrink缩水,缩减,缩小,萎缩cut down to size削足适履,缩减规模,缩减尺寸,缩减大小cut rate削减率,削减比率,削减比例,削减速度knock down打倒,击倒,撞倒,推倒make light of一笑置之,一笑泯恩仇,一笑了之,一笑而过make little of轻视,贬低,贬损,少许poor-mouth贫嘴,可怜的嘴,贫民窟,贫民窟的put down撂倒,放下,撂下,撂倒了run down奔溃,坠落,奔溃的,流失
Antonyms
develop发展,开发,发展的,发育enlarge扩大,扩大范围,扩大规模,扩大化expand拓展,扩充,扩大,扩展extend延伸,延长,扩展,延续grow增长,成长,长,壮大increase增加,提高,增长,增lengthen加长,拉长,延长,拖长prolong延长,延续,延展,延长时间raise提高,抬高,抬起,抬起来strengthen加强,强化,增强,巩固approve批准,核准,认可,通过build up积累,建立,积累起来,积累起来的commend表扬,称赞,赞扬,褒奖compliment赞美,夸奖,称赞,恭维exalt升华,超越,扬扬得意,夸赞laud赞扬,赞许,赞美,赞成praise赞扬,赞美,表扬,称赞maximize最大化,最大限度地提高,最大限度地扩大,最大限度地overestimate高估,高估了,夸大其词,过高估计overrate高估了,高估,过高,高估了价格
as inplay down
Synonyms
belittle轻视,贬低,蔑视,看轻deemphasize轻描淡写,不强调,轻描淡写地,淡化gloss over敷衍了事,润饰,掩饰,敷衍塞责minimize减少mute静音,哑巴,缄默,静默soft-pedal软脚板,软式踏板,软踏板,软脚踏soften变得柔和,变得柔软,变得柔和了,变得柔和起来hold back扣留,拖后腿,抵制,扣留住make light of一笑置之,一笑泯恩仇,一笑了之,一笑而过make little of轻视,贬低,贬损,少许restrain克制,拘束,限制,抑制underrate低估,低评,低价,贬低

Examples

  • There were other considerations, and I don’t want to underplay the logistical challenges posed by the pandemic.

  • One of Smith's biggest internal challenges is a perception that he long underplayed the severity of the investigation — presenting it as a relatively minor accounting problem.

  • I won’t underplay the depth and complexity of California’s challenges.

  • These statements mark a shift for public bodies that, for decades, have underplayed health research on social issues.

  • What she did need to worry about was trying to underplay her book in view of the attention it drew.

  • To say that this is an unusual moment would be to underplay how unique it really is.

  • Unknown forces are all the time engaged in a mystic underplay which is the real action of the piece.

  • Especially with a purple speech like that; you've simply got to learn to underplay.

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